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Responding to literature : stories, poems, plays, and essays / Judith A. Stanford.

By: Publication details: Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2003.Edition: 4th editionDescription: xliii, 1204 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780767422789
  • 0767422783 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.0668 21 STA
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Contents;

1. Why read literature?
Why do you read literature?
Why do we read literature?
Bridging the gap
Responding to what you read
etc.

2. Joining the conversation: Ways of talking about literature
The vocabulary of literature
Actions and events
People
Places and time
Words and images, sounds and patterns
Ideas

3. Continuing the conservation: Considering genre and listening to other voices
Expectations: Short fiction, poverty, drama, nonfiction
An introduction to short fiction
An introduction to poetry
An introduction to drama
etc.

4. Writing about literature
Writing and critical thinking
Preparing to write about literature
Writing to respond
Writing to compare
etc.

5. Innocence and experience
On reading literature thematically: Critical thinking
Poetry
Drama
Essays
etc.

6. Crime and punishment
Fiction
Poetry
Drama
Essays
etc.

7. Roots, identity and culture
Fiction
Poetry
Drama
Essays
etc.

8. Men and women
Fiction
Poetry
Drama
Essays
etc.

9. Families
Fiction Poetry
Drama
Essays
etc.

10. Nature
Fiction
Poetry
Drama
Essays
etc.

11. War and power

12. Death

13. Three American poets

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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